Retired teachers participate in parade

FALLBROOK — Each year Division 81 of California Retired Teachers decorates a float for the Fallbrook Christmas Parade as an official community project. This year, Bob Sears designed and built a one-room schoolhouse as the retired teachers’ entry. Volunteers strung lights around the roof, the windows and doors, and a bell was built to hang in the belfry. Greg Burcham of Village European Auto provided the trailer and Mel and Sandi Grossman provided the locomotion. Gigi Holladay was the teacher calling the children with her authentic bell and Jenna and Kevin Grossman were students using the antiq...